Mike Hungerford wrote:
On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 4:17 AM, Erik te Groen <[email protected]> wrote:
Hello group,
I haven't mailed much in this group, lately.
However, I would like to share some info and advice with you.
Over the last few years I have read several stories about people who lost
their
posessions and/or software due to a computer crash, fire, or otherwise.
I regularly store my drawings on DVD's. And always on TWO disks, never just
on
one...!
My collection of disks is something to behold..... And as it grows, old
files become
harder and harder to find. And CD's and DVD's have a reputation to go bad
after a
few years. It may take just 5 years and sometimes much longer than 10 years,
but
one day your PC just won't recognize the CD or the files. Even if you DO
store them
in a cool and dark place !
Personal experience has tought me that harddisks are a very good way to
store
information. Yes, they can crash too, but still I am convinced they are the
best way
(for me !) to store my 10 years of hard work. Not just for my drawings, but
for my vast
collection of pictures and drawings I found on the net, as well.
I feel a lot better now that I have stored everything on an external
harddisk. It's a
Western Digital, about 450 Gb. My own harddisk is about 160 Gb, so this one
will
be more than enough. It "only" costs about 80 euro's / 100 dollars. Some
people may
think this is a lot of money, but the loss of all of your files will hurt a
LOT more than
spending 100 dollars on more security.
So....be safe.....if you have a lot if info you would like to protect,
consider buying
an external - or internal - harddisk.
I always disconnect my external harddrive after use, so if anything should
happen to
my PC, all of my drawings will be safe.
Therefor my advice is, to consider trying to protect your precious files, if
you want to
keep them safe in the years to come...! I sleep a lot better knowing I
added another way
of storing my files.
Cheers,
Erik.
Erik,
I've been doing this for a couple of years, and backing things up to
TWO external drives (redundancy is your friend). :-)
You'll never run into any data loss, that's 4sure! I need to shape up
and get more protection
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